(a) This section shall apply to the following types of convictions:

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 55-50-409

  • Administrator: means the federal motor carrier safety administrator, the chief executive of the federal motor carrier safety administration, an agency within the United States department of transportation. See Tennessee Code 55-50-102
  • Bail: Security given for the release of a criminal defendant or witness from legal custody (usually in the form of money) to secure his/her appearance on the day and time appointed.
  • Commercial motor vehicle: means a motor vehicle or combination of motor vehicles used in commerce to transport passengers or property if the motor vehicle:
    (i) Has a gross vehicle weight rating or gross combination weight rating of twenty-six thousand one (26,001) or more pounds. See Tennessee Code 55-50-102
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Conviction: means an unvacated adjudication of guilt, or a determination that a person has violated or failed to comply with the law in a court of original jurisdiction or by an authorized administrative tribunal, an unvacated forfeiture of bail or collateral deposited to secure the person's appearance in court, a plea of guilty or nolo contendere accepted by the court, the payment of a fine or court cost, or violation of a condition of release without bail, regardless of whether or not the penalty is rebated, suspended or probated. See Tennessee Code 55-50-102
  • Department: means the department of safety acting directly or through its duly authorized officers and agents. See Tennessee Code 55-50-102
  • Driver: means every person who drives or is in actual physical control of a motor vehicle upon a highway or who is exercising control over or steering a vehicle being towed by a motor vehicle. See Tennessee Code 55-50-102
  • Driver license: means a license issued by the department to an individual that authorizes the individual to operate a motor vehicle on the highways. See Tennessee Code 55-50-102
  • Employer: means any person, including the United States, a state, or a political subdivision of a state, who owns or leases a commercial motor vehicle or assigns employees to operate such a vehicle. See Tennessee Code 55-50-102
  • Hazardous materials: means any material that has been designated as hazardous under 49 U. See Tennessee Code 55-50-102
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Motor vehicle: means a vehicle, low speed vehicle or medium speed vehicle as defined in this section, machine, tractor, trailer or semitrailer propelled or drawn by mechanical power used on highways or any other vehicle required to be registered under the laws of this state, but does not include any vehicle, machine, tractor, trailer or semitrailer operated exclusively on a rail. See Tennessee Code 55-50-102
  • Nonresident: means every person who is not a resident of the state. See Tennessee Code 55-50-102
  • Person: means every natural person, firm, copartnership, association or corporation. See Tennessee Code 55-50-102
  • Plea: In a criminal case, the defendant's statement pleading "guilty" or "not guilty" in answer to the charges, a declaration made in open court.
  • Record: means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in a perceivable form. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Resident: means every person that lives in this state for a period of time exceeding thirty (30) days, has taken employment, or who would qualify as a registered voter, or has taken action to establish Tennessee as principal place of domicile. See Tennessee Code 55-50-102
  • State: means :
    (A) For the purposes of commercial driver licenses, a state of the United States and the District of Columbia. See Tennessee Code 55-50-102
  • Traffic: means pedestrians, ridden or herded animals, vehicles, streetcars and other conveyances either singly or together while using any highway for purposes of travel. See Tennessee Code 55-8-101
  • Vehicle: means every device in, upon, or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a public highway, excepting devices moved by human power or used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks. See Tennessee Code 55-50-102
  • Violation: means a conviction except as otherwise provided in §. See Tennessee Code 55-50-102
  • Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
(1) The conviction of any resident or nonresident holder of a commercial driver license of any violation of state law or local ordinance relating to motor vehicle traffic control, other than parking violations, in any vehicle; and
(2) The conviction of any resident or nonresident holder of a non-commercial driver license of any violation of state law or local ordinance relating to motor vehicle traffic control, other than parking violations, in a commercial motor vehicle.
(b) Within five (5) days after receiving a report of a conviction as defined by subsection (a), the department shall notify the driver licensing authority in the licensing state of the conviction, and the commercial driver license information system.
(c)

(1) Within five (5) days after the date of a conviction as defined by subsection (a), the clerk of the court of jurisdiction shall notify the department of the conviction.
(2) The notice shall contain:

(A) Driver‘s first name, middle name or middle initial, last name, and residence address;
(B) Driver’s date of birth;
(C) Driver license number, class of license, and state of issuance;
(D) A statement as to whether or not the license is a commercial driver license;
(E) The license plate number, year, and state of issuance of the vehicle involved;
(F) A statement as to whether or not the offense was committed in a commercial motor vehicle;
(G) A statement as to whether or not the vehicle was transporting hazardous materials requiring placards;
(H) A statement as to whether or not the vehicle could transport sixteen (16) or more passengers;
(I) The date the offense occurred;
(J) The offense the driver was charged with;
(K) The date of the conviction;
(L) The violation of which the person was convicted;
(M) The plea, the judgment, or whether bail was forfeited;
(N) The number of the offense (e.g., 1st offense, 2nd offense);
(O) The blood alcohol level of the person, if convicted of a violation of § 39-13-106, § 39-13-213, § 55-10-401 or § 55-50-405;
(P) The amount of any fine or costs assessed for the violation;
(Q) Whether a driver education or improvement course was completed and the date of completion of the course, if eligible under § 55-10-301;
(R) The name of the arresting agency;
(S) The name of the county and court in which the conviction occurred; and
(T) Whether or not there was in effect at the time of the violation an automobile liability policy or bond with respect to the operation of the motor vehicle involved.
(d) Notwithstanding any other law in this state, the department shall furnish full information regarding the driving record of any person to:

(1) The driver license administrator of any other state, or province or territory of Canada, requesting that information;
(2) The commercial driver license information system; and
(3) Any employer or prospective employer upon request and payment of a fee of five dollars ($5.00).
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